Math Team Meeting, December 9, 2013

3:30 - 4:30

Participants:
Mary Banholzer
Julie Dauksas
Dana Dillon
Mary Lou Vainisi

December 9, 2013 Agenda

3:30
Review Goals of the iPad initiative
3:40
iPad Basics
3:50
Using Apple TV with your iPad
4:00
Creating videos with your iPad
4:20
Sharing Math Ideas/Math Apps


This initiative requires:
  • Your attendance at an after-school training session (paid) before receiving the iPad
  • Your use of the iPad to work toward our agreed-upon goals
  • Your attendance at meetings with me during plan times to discuss how things are going
  • Your willingness to share your experiences with others in the school and district, including at a Technology Showcase during a Faculty Meeting.
  • Completion of a post-pilot survey to provide feedback on successes and challenges

Goals of this pilot program:
  • To expedite the creation of videos by math teachers
  • To increase the use of the flipped classroom model
  • To enable math teachers to spend more class time working individually and in small groups with students
  • To enable math teachers to spend more class time meeting the needs of individual students (differentiating)
  • To enable students to demonstrate their knowledge in new and engaging ways
  • To enable students to share with others their knowledge of math concepts
  • To create a learning community within the math classrooms where teachers and students are sharing and learning from each other
  • To allow students to share model Problem of the Month solutions with other students

iPad Basics
  • Your Apple ID across devices
  • Taking a Screen Shot
  • Saving photos to your Photo Library
  • Creating an Icon on your Home screen
  • Downloading apps you've purchased on other devices
  • Find My iPad; if you misplace your iPad you can locate it at icloud.com

Creating Videos with your iPad
  • Educreations
  • ShowMe
  • Screen Chomp
  • Explain Everything ($2.99)
  • Doceri (free, but in-app purchase required)

Publishing Your Videos
Where do you publish your videos?
Are your students able to access?
What can you do for students who can't access?
What can you do when students don't watch?
What are measures in place to provide accountability or assessment of students?

Using Apple TV with your iPad
Using AirPlay, you can connect your iPad to your classroom projector. Here are directions:

Sharing of Math ideas/ Math Apps for the Middle School Math Classroom: